Relation between sea level and barometric pressure determined from altimeter data and model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 961-971

  Gaspar, Philippe ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^b  

^a CLS   (France)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; INVERTED BAROMETER; INVERTED BAROMETER APPROXIMATION; LINEAR REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL; TOPEX/POSEIDON;

EID: 0031010518     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jc02920     Document Type: Article

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